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I asked the Tribune's Associate Managing Editor for Sports, Dan McGrath, if that qualified as a nightmare. He said yes.
There isn't much to be said about this series that hasn't been said already...Tags: Carlos Quentin, Buffalo Bills, Nick Swisher, American League, Javier Vazquez
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Who's on first? For '64 Phils, nine were
Q: I grew up listening to almost every game the 1964 Phillies played, so I was caught off-guard when a friend told me they used nine first basemen that season. I remember John Herrnstein, Roy Sievers and Frank Thomas. After that, I'm stumped. Brad...Tags: Rickey Henderson, Patrick Lalime, Martin Brodeur, Major League Baseball, Kentucky Derby
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Joe Torre and the Unruly Dodgers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJoe Torre trudged through the spring training clubhouse at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla., the same way he walks out to the pitcher's mound late in an important game. There was that distinctive lumber: dogged, plodding almost, head down, long arms...Tags: Derek Jeter, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball
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Dodgers' Moon found success in Coliseum
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt seemed like the worst kind of trade, one that favored neither team, a deal best left in the small print on the transactions page. A half century ago, the Dodgers sent Gino Cimoli to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wally Moon, an exchange of outfielders,...Tags: All Stars, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, Major League Baseball, Boston Red Sox
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Coliseum left a lasting impression
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTo my youthful eyes, the Coliseum, with its dull gray exterior and looming presence, didn't seem to offer much in the way of enjoyment when I first saw it on a sunny, summer day in 1958. That quickly changed as my father led me up stairs that seemed to...Tags: Babe Ruth, Ernie Banks, All Stars, Don Drysdale, Baseball
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The Coliseum was no 'real baseball'
Special to The TimesThe crowds that welcomed the Dodgers to Los Angeles and continued to respond to their historic presence were enormous -- 78,652 for the first game in 1958, 93,103 for a 1959 exhibition with the New York Yankees saluting Roy Campanella, and more than 92,...Tags: All Stars, Don Drysdale, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Stan Musial
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Dodgers headed way off-base
Special to The TimesThe 61st spring encampment at the former Navy base that became Dodgertown in 1948 will be the last for the Dodgers in Vero Beach, Fla., another in the chain of broken links to Brooklyn. The Dodgers -- whose pitchers and catchers report to camp Thursday...Tags: All Stars, Spring Training, Major League Baseball, Baltimore Orioles, Jesse Orosco
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Players mentioned in Mitchell Report
The Associated PressChad Allen 2007 team: Played in Japan An outfielder who played with four teams in Major League Baseball between 1999 and 2005, the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Florida Marlins, and Texas Rangers. In the report: Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk...Tags: Texas Rangers, Clothing Accessories, Houston Astros, Roger Clemens, St. Louis Cardinals
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No longer Dodgertown, Vero Beach won't be the same
South Florida Sun-SentinelDestiny Boaz stares deep into the old man's eyes and hangs on every word he shares with her on one of the final mornings at Dodgertown. "How old are you, Destiny?" Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda says as a small crowd gathers. "Four? You are so...Tags: Spring Training, Major League Baseball, Nomar Garciaparra, Chicago White Sox, Steve Garvey
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All-time Hall of Fame voting percentages
The Associated PressPlayer, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...Tags: Roberto Clemente Jr., Steve Carlton, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Carlton Fisk
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Jackie Robinson can't sub for Barry Bonds
ZEV CHAFETS is the author of "A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance."April 15, by decree of Major League Baseball, will be Jackie Robinson Day. On Sunday, a player on each big league team will be designated to wear Robinson's uniform number, 42. The Dodgers, Robinson's club in its Brooklyn incarnation, intend to go one...Tags: Bowie Kuhn, Major League Baseball, Minority Groups, Boston Red Sox, Satchel Paige
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Maese: With speech, Ripken fields tough chance
It's not that Cal Ripken Jr. is at all ungrateful, but you've got to understand, over the past few months, virtually everyone he encounters goes through the same two-step greeting. First, they want to congratulate him. Tell him he's the greatest, how...Tags: Earl Weaver, Jim Bunning, Major League Baseball, Baltimore Orioles, Brooks Robinson
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